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Qi Lanyu is transported into the CEO universe, where he becomes the common friend who appears in every book.
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As the rich second-generation heir of a family on good terms with every CEO, his character is that of a reliable man who lives a life of luxury. He keeps someone he cannot have in his heart, yet is a master of romance, always listening to the CEOs' troubles.
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CEO A is gloomy and cold, but lately he's suddenly been smiling a lot.
Qi Lanyu is sure to drink with him, and when CEO A looks at his phone and the corners of his mouth lift by 0.01 millimeters, Qi Lanyu will tease him: "Haven't seen you this happy in ages. Has the iron tree finally blossomed?"
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CEO B and his partner are about to rekindle their relationship after a breakup. Qi Lanyu is sure to host a party and insist they both come. He watches them meet, their eyes lingering as if a thousand years have passed, their gazes darting away and their backs stiff, all while pretending nothing is wrong as they clink glasses. After the party, he tells CEO B, "You know so-and-so is getting married, right?"
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CEOs C and D are mortal enemies. After they somehow end up in bed together, Qi Lanyu is sure to stare in shock as they leave the room together. He even pulls CEO C aside, noticing his split lip, and asks with concern and suspicion whether they got into a fight. In the end, when they get married, his jaw drops.
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Gossiping, exposing the gossip and then pretending he knows nothing, relentlessly playing matchmaker, and finally earning the achievement of shocking everyone: Qi Lanyu has long since mastered the whole routine. He considers himself the greatest matchmaker in the world.
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But he has a childhood friend, CEO E, the handsomest and richest of them all, with the perfect setup for a male lead, though there's something strange about him.
First, Qi Lanyu seems never to have read the novel in which the other guy appears. Second, all these years, he has never seen him fall for any bickering rivals, enemies who love and fight each other, one-sided loves, or marriages that turn into love. The guy went abroad for a while and came back, but there was no rekindling things with any old flame either. Instead, he is always hanging around Qi Lanyu.
Qi Lanyu really wants to set CEO E up with someone and take his matchmaking career to the next level.
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Until one day, Qi Lanyu uses his usual heart-to-heart skill on CEO E: "I get it. Is there someone you have a crush on?"
CEO E stares at Qi Lanyu, the tips of his ears turning red.
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Yan Nanxing and Qi Lanyu grew up together. Yan Nanxing has always known that Qi Lanyu has someone he can't have.
While studying abroad, Yan Nanxing accidentally hears that someone asked Qi Lanyu, while he was drunk, who the person he couldn't have was.
Qi Lanyu said, "The one who's been abroad for a long, long time. My childhood friend..."
Yan Nanxing falls into deep thought and speeds up his studies so he can return home.
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Later, Yan Nanxing takes advantage of Qi Lanyu being half-asleep to ask who he has always loved.
Qi Lanyu thinks for a long time, then points at the sky. "That one, the one who already married someone else. My mortal enemy..."
Yan Nanxing: "..."
The glass in his hand shatters on the spot.
Theme: Love is when two hearts understand each other.